The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-24
O'BRIEN SHOT AT.
A Narrow Escape at Hamilton,
Canada.
BULLETS USED AS ARGUMENTS,
A Leaden Messenger Sings in the
Irish Editors Ear-The Driver
OF the Carriage Shot.
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NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May 23.-To-
day adelegatlon from Rochester, headed
by DR.. W. R. Casey, a prominent
Lacquer, called upon Mr.. O'Brien
From Buffalo there came Father
Patrick Cronin. of the Catholic Union
and Times, and James Mooney, ex- pres:-
dent of the Irish National League, of
America. Many visitors from Hamil-
ton and other points, headed by several
well-known citizens and clergy
men, called upon Mr.. O'Brien, who
remained in his room all day.
O'Brlen said to correspondents that al
though greatly exhausted and scarcely
| able to speak above his breath, he was
determined upon gong to the hall TO.
morrow. His friends are alarmed at
this decision, not because of their fear
for another attack there, although such
an attack is considered probable, but
because the mere journey itself and the
tact OF making another speech are likely
to overpower him and imperil his life.
1t is said by some enthusiasts that
strong body gourd of stalwart men
will be organized in Buffalo and will
accompany him. Mr.. O'Brien, how
ever, does not approve of this, as he
does not think there will be any need
for such step. His friends have a
positive opinion to the contrary, but
they will do nothing without his
sanction. He goes from Hamilton to
Montreal, wEere an open air meeting
will be held.
NIAGARA FALLS, May 23.-OB rien
arose this morning so weak as to be al
most unable to stand. However, he in
sisted on leaving for Hamilton by the
noon train. Toronto is not more than
forty miles from Hamilton, and it is
understood to-day that bodies of
Orangemen intend to make a descent
from the larger city upon Hamilton and
join with local Oraugemen in making
an attack on MIR. O'Brien's life. The
NatiOnalists will be organized this time
and Mr.. O'Brien approves the idea that
they should be, and that outside aid
should be sent TO Hamilton, which will
now probably be done by friends in
Buffalo and other Irish centers.
HAMILTON, Ont, May 23.-O'Brien's
reception here threw everything that has
occurred up tc the present time in the
shade. AS he was helped out of the car,
his eyes rested upon such an
extraordinary sight as said by citizens
not to have been seen in this town IN
many years. There, under the Scorch-
ing rays of the sun. with their hats off,
were a vast body of stalwart man,
packed so slosely together that passage
could not be made for some time. In
vain did Mr.. Kllbride and his other
friends try to make way and stop shak-
ing hands with Mr.. o Brien.
Finally the procession of carriages
moved and proceeded to the Royal
Hotel, saluted with cheers along tue
whole route. A ms citing was held at
o'clock in The Palace Rink on Jackson
Streat, about mile from the hotel.
Outside the hotel a large crowd
had gathered, only few of whom
the indulgence of the audience on &C
to speak with such force as he had, COW
ering in main the same ground which
he has heretofore covered in his speeches.
After Mr.. o 'Brien sat down, Chairman
Read read cablegrams of sympathy
IRON Mccarthy, Sexton, Healy, Dillon
and Biggar
George Collins, an Englishman who
also addressed the meeting. astonished |
the audience by the bitterness of his |
attack On Lord Lansdowne. Frederick |
Walters, president of the Iron moulders |
Union, j. II. Raey and Edward |
Williams, all Englishmen, and William |
Berry, an Orangemam, made speeches. |
after which aHresolution condemnirg
Lord Lansdowne was passed. A crowd |
of several hundred collected in Jackson !
St. opposite the Rink, just as was the |
case at Kingston, while the meeting |
was going on. They were Orangemen,
but the chief of police drove them away
and allowed no one to stand on a block.
What he did probably prevented riot,
for had there been any attack, the men |
vino met O'Brien at the depot in the
forenoon, and who were on hand in
hundreds, marching up and down one
side of the street, would have done ter-
rible execution. O'Brien'S body guard |
All was well up to this, but the worst
upon O'Brien, this inc with f @
arms, and again there was marvellous
This escape, however,
being accompanied by wound in the
wrist in one of O'Brien's faithful COM
panions. O'Brien was sitting down
after having made vigorous speecn,
in return for a vote of thanks passed,
and Dennis Kilbride was on his feet
engaged in a like task. Just then q
man was observed on the platform
leaning over and whispering some
thing in o Brien's ear. 1t was noticed
hat O'Brien shook his head as though
IN dissent. The man persisted Half
Of the audience now rose to their feet,
oeering over each others heads and
anxiously striving to catch a glimpse
Of what was going forward on the plat
orm.
The chairman tried to quell the anxi-
ETY. by asking the audience to hear Mr..
LiIbride, but the crowd of 1000 people,
2rimed with angry feelings that have
asted since two successive attempts on
)'Brien at Kingston and Toronto, were
Tot easily quieted down. They had
noticed that the man whispered to
} 'Brien, and they were evidently deter
mined to see what it meant. The man
again made a silent appeal, whatever it
vas. and again Mr.. O'Brien shook his
1ead. Still one more appeal was made,
and this time Mr.. O'Brien seemed
% acouiesce. The first sign OF
was when MI. O'Brien got
10 and left the platform. This was in